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Coni Otto - MD/DC Real Estate, MD/DC Relocation, Land, SFamily Homes

Working with Investors who FLIP? No sale for 90 days!!

Did you know that there is a Anti-flipping law? What does that mean? It means if you purchase a property as an investor and you want to flip it you have to wait 90 days BEFORE YOU can accept a contract for the property. It's across the board, conventional, FHA, and VA....

So be prepared to hold the property for 90 days... FYI

Here is some info. on the FHA regulation...

Below you will see my email from FHA in response to my phone inquiry. In the response, you'll see that they cite Handbook 4155.2. A search of HUD's website led me to the 466-page handbook. In Chapter 4, page 25 (4-25), the anti-flipping regulation is laid out. A specific answer to the question as to when the 90 days begins can be found at 4155.2 4.7.e, which is on the bottom of Chapter 4, page 26 (4-26) It is very clear that the 90 day clock begins ticking on the "Seller's date of acquisition as the date of settlement on the seller's purchase of that property, and re-sale date as the date of execution of the sales contract by a buyer intending to finance the property with an FHA-insured loan."

Below is a link to the handbook. I've also attached a copy of the relevant page. FHA instructed me to have your UW call them if there is any uncertainty remaining.

http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/handbooks/hsgh/4155.2/41552HSGH.pdf

Passing along the information I get to my clients and YOU.....

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